THE RATE OF SUICIDES GREW TEN TIMES

Lragir/am
22 March 06

In 2005the rate of suicides in Armenia grew ten times against
the previous years, stated Member of Parliament Hmayak Hovanisyan
at the parliament on March 21. He recalled that it was the year
when amendments to the Constitution were adopted. Certainly,
Hmayak Hovanisyan had forgotten that in the same year Armenia
reported two-digit economic growth for the seventh time. Perhaps,
the constitutional perfection and the constant economic growth have
rendered the life of people meaningless.

“The fathers of this country have to attend to the problem of suicides
with utter responsibility, for young suicides dominate,” announced
Hmayak Hovanisyan. He recalled the protest of the students of Acharyan
University against the decision to increase the tuition fee by 20 per
cent. Hmayak Hovanisyan said not a single public official backed the
students and, consequently, a young student threw herself out of the
window. In her suicide note it was written that she could not afford
to pay her tuition fee. In the meantime, the students engaged in Baze
Youth Rallies announce that they have about 500 thousand dollars on
their deposits, says Hmayak Harutiunyan.